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    Talkback to make C4 property show

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Talkback Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a new 6 x 60-minute show provisionally called Be Your Own Property Developer, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The series was commissioned by C4

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    BBC Worldwide and Catalyst in modern Cinderella deal

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has signed a co-production deal with Catalyst, the Canadian-based entertainment associate of Gullane Entertainment - formerly Britt Allcroft - to make a modern-day Cinderella tale, writes Ashley Davies. Cinderella and

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    Overnight Ratings - Olympic ceremony traps Beavers' share

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 achieved more Olympic feats with the closing ceremony on Sunday (1 October) leaving Angry Beavers on ITV high and dry, writes Jon Rogers.

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    Granada, Carlton discuss ventures

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Top-level talks are taking place between On Digital partners Granada and Carlton to create a series of new joint-ventures, write Tara Conlan and Katy Elliott.

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    The outfit, which is jointly owned by Granada Media and Carlton Communications, intends to float around 20 per cent of its stock. Analysts put the value of the company at between

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    On Digital is considering a stock market flotation on its second anniversary on 15 November and is understood to be wooing a telecoms investor, writes Simon Ellery.

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    C4's Taylor leaves for Hat Trick

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Hat Trick Productions has poached Channel 4 entertainment editor Cheryl Taylor to the newly created position of head of comedy, writes Simon Ellery.

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    CNN London ups output

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    CNN London is to hire up to 20 new staff to produce and anchor two and a half additional hours a day of live programming, increasing the London bureau's output to eight hours a day, writes Simon Ellery.

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    BBC crows as ITV splits local news

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has claimed victory in the battle over weekday primetime news as it confirmed plans for news at 22.00 on BBC 1 and it emerged that ITV's regional news bulletins

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    Three new MDs for Emap division

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Emap Performance Network (EPN) is to appoint three new managing directors for Emap Performance London to develop Kiss, Smash Hits and Q on TV and radio, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    BBC consults viewers

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has begun a consultation process for its proposed changes to BBC Knowledge and Choice plus the launch of two new children's services and five new digital radio stations. The

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    Technicolor expands

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Communications subsidiary Technicolor is buying the Covitec Group, Canada's largest film laboratory and post-production company. A Carlton spokesperson said the C$60m (£40.6m) cash deal does not change the company's intention

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    BBC to vote on extra cash

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC governors will vote on plans for an extra£50m for nations and regions in December. Nations and regions director Pat Loughrey is leading a review - internally dubbed 'autumn vision'

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    Yes launches channels

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Video-on-demand outfit Yes TV has launched two new channels. Yes Sport features news, weekly shows, including coverage of British Open Golf, World Rugby Sevens and Le Mans 24. Content deals have

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    Smith pushes net culture

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Media secretary Chris Smith is seeking a broadcaster to mastermind setting up an internet culture channel. Smith announced the project, 'a compendium of Britain's creativity and culture, past and present', at

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    BSC upholds ITN gripe

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has upheld a complaint by ITN and two of its foreign reporters about a BBC Six O'clock News item about the ITN court battle with Living

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    BBC backs TiVo with four channels

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has unveiled details of an interactive and digital television strategy which places the newly launched personal video recorder (PVR), TiVo, at its core. Under a two-year deal, the corporation is

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    Channel 4's T4 to get digital slot

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is to develop its Sunday morning teen programming block T4 as a strand on its new digital entertainment channel E4, writes Ed Shelton.

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    NTL goes into Everton

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    NTL is understood to be considering taking a 9.9 per cent stake in Everton football club, as it emerged that a deal planned by United News & Media to buy into the club fell through as a result of the company's merger with Granada, writes Tara Conlan.

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    Two Way hires sports ace

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Two Way TV has named a former BSkyB interactive sports ace, Simon Small, to head its satellite operations in a move which signals the launch of the games outfit on Sky Digital, writes Simon Ellery.

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    ITV has signed a£23m deal with Buena Vista Entertainment for a number of major films from the studio's 1999 catalogue, writes Colin Robertson. Movies such as Inspector Gadget (right), Sixth Sense

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    ITV has signed a£23m deal with Buena Vista Entertainment for a number of major films from the studio's 1999 catalogue, writes Colin Robertson. Movies such as Inspector Gadget (right), Sixth Sense